Sports

Saints rookie Nolan Cooney overcame cancer, then learned to punt with help from YouTube

METAIRIE, La. — It was Nolan Cooney‘s passion for sports that motivated him most when he was diagnosed with testicular cancer that had spread to his lungs during his junior year of high school. The New Orleans Saints‘ rookie punter was a three-sport standout at East Greenwich High in Rhode Island. He said he wasn’t […]

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YouTube star Jake Paul scores first-round KO of Ben Askren in third pro fight

It took Jake Paul less than two minutes to win his third professional fight. Paul, the YouTube star-turned-boxer, sent Ben Askren to the canvas with a straight right hand midway through the first round of their cruiserweight fight. Even though Askren got up, referee Brian Stutts decided Askren couldn’t go on, giving Paul a first-round […]

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TikTok star Justine Paradise says YouTube star-turned-boxer Jake Paul forced her into sex act

A star on the social media platform TikTok said that YouTube-star-turned-boxer Jake Paul forced her to perform a sex act without consent in the summer of 2019. Justine Paradise said in a 20-minute video posted on YouTube last Friday that she didn’t say anything about the alleged attack sooner because she signed a nondisclosure agreement […]

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Twin YouTube Pranksters Plead Guilty To Staging Fake Bank Robberies

Alan and Alex Stokes accepted a bargain offered by judge reducing felony count to a misdemeanor. Los Angeles: YouTube stars Alan and Alex Stokes, twins known for provocative video gags, have pleaded guilty to charges stemming from two fake bank robberies they staged in California, one of which led to police drawing their guns on […]

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Twin YouTube Pranksters Plead Guilty To Staging Fake Bank Robberies

Alan and Alex Stokes accepted a bargain offered by judge reducing felony count to a misdemeanor. Los Angeles: YouTube stars Alan and Alex Stokes, twins known for provocative video gags, have pleaded guilty to charges stemming from two fake bank robberies they staged in California, one of which led to police drawing their guns on […]

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YouTube Removes Myanmar Army Channels; UN to Meet on Crisis

YouTube removed five channels run by Myanmars military for violating its guidelines, it announced Friday, as demonstrators defied growing violence by security forces and staged more anti-coup protests ahead of a special U.N. Security Council meeting on the country’s political crisis. YouTube said it is watching for any further content that might violate its rules. […]

Business

YouTube Removes Myanmar Military Channels

YouTube said on Friday that it had cut five television channels run by Myanmar’s military from its platform, the latest in a string of moves by American internet giants to pare back the military’s online footprint since it seized power in a coup last month. The company — a unit of Alphabet, which also owns […]

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Trump to be Allowed Back on YouTube When ‘Risk of Violence’ Falls

Former US president Donald Trump will be allowed back on YouTube but only when the threat of his inciting violence abates, the head of the popular online video sharing platform said Thursday. YouTube in late January suspended Trump’s channel, joining other social media platforms in banning his accounts following the deadly January 6 Capitol riot. […]